| Birth name | Norman Ewart Ker Pender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1948-02-01)1 February 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bridlington, England, U.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | 24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Ewart Ker Pender (1 February 1948 – 24 August 2021) was aScotland internationalrugby union player.[1] After rugby, he became a Liberal Democrat councillor. He was found guilty of sexual assault in 2014.[2] He died from a suspected heart attack in August 2021, at the age of 73.[3]
Pender played club rugby forHawick Trades and thenHawick.[4]
Pender was capped bySouth of Scotland District.[4]
Pender was capped forScotland 'B' three times between 1975 and 1977.
He earned four caps forScotland.[5][6]
Pender was a councillor for the Liberal Democrats on theScottish Borders Council between 1998 and 2003.[7]
Pender was charged with rape in October 2013,[8] and was found guilty of three charges of lewd and libidinous behavior, and one charge of sexual assault in December 2013. The rape charge wasnot proven.[9]
He was jailed for six years in 2014 and placed on the sex offenders’ register.[7]
In 2018, he was sued for £650,000 in damages by one of the victims.[10]
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